Who Killed the Anger?

Published November 22, 2018 in Warp & Woof Who Killed the Anger? Creative Tension in Rock Music William Sundwick First there was “blues.” It was raw. Sung and played by illiterate, marginalized sharecroppers in the Deep South. Somebody in New York decided that, if it could be made more pleasant, less painful to hear, especiallyContinue reading “Who Killed the Anger?”

Who Killed the Anger?

Published November 8, 2018 in Warp & Woof Who Killed the Anger? Noise/Experimental Rock in the Digital Era William Sundwick I didn’t realize, until doing some research, that today’s popular music streaming services are at least partially owned by the traditional major record labels – Sony, Universal, Warner.  While Internet streaming can, theoretically, be aContinue reading “Who Killed the Anger?”